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GRAYZONE PROJECTimage from articleTech Report Says Palestinian Rights Orgs Are Under Sophisticated Cyber Attack BDS movement's online presence hit with string of offensives.By Sarah Lazare / AlterNet...
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Chinese Culture As The New Soft Power Currency
Mahalakshmi Ganapathy, swarajyamag.comSnapshotDespite the many issues of human rights abuses, censorship and suppression of dissent, China has managed a great victory by diverting the world’s attention...
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Rachel Sibande and Madalitso Chidumu named Malawi delegates at Global...
nyasatimes.comThe Embassy of the United States of America has announced that Rachel Sibande and Madalitso Chidumu , will be Malawi delegates at the 2016 Global Entrepreneurship Summit ), which will...
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2016 PDAA Award Winners Demonstrate Creativity in Challenging Environments
pdaa.publicdiplomacy.org[PDAA, an association for public diplomacy professionals and formerly the USIA Alumni Association, is a not-for-profit, voluntary, 501(c)(6) organization, with some 400 members....
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Muhammad Ali’s American Faith Journey
Varun Soni, huffingtonpost.comAli image fromExcerpt:Muhammad Ali’s journey from sportsman to statesman, from fighter to peacemaker, was more than just symbolic. Indeed, his post-fighting career is...
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Three Years Later: How Snowden Helped the U.S. Intelligence Community
Russian visa image of Snowden fromJack Goldsmith, lawfareblog.comExcerpt:Three years ago today, The Guardian published the first story based on the huge archive of documents that that Edward Snowden...
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Netanyahu admits taking $40000 from Mimran, not €1 million
Simona Weinglass, The Times of IsraelImage from article, with caption: Arnaud Mimran (R) arrives flanked by his lawyer Jean-Marc Fedida (L), at the Paris courthouse, on May 25, 2016, to attend his...
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Quotable: Nick Snyder on “influence” in Russian strategic thinking
publicdiplomacycouncil.orgimage fromMonday, June 6th 2016Has Russia developed a new way of warfare? Major Nick Sinclair’s contribution to the debate, “Old Generation Warfare: The Evolution—Not...
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Quotable: Votel, Cleveland, Connett, and Irwin on Gray Zone conflicts
publicdiplomacycouncil.orgimage (not from entry) from; on grey vs. gray, seeMonday, June 6th 2016The planners and thinkers of the armed forces are in intellectual ferment as they think through new...
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Quotable: Aminesh Roul on the influence of Islamist social media in Bangladesh
publicdiplomacycouncil.orgRoul image fromMonday, June 6th 2016“Within a relatively short span of time, the Islamic State’s violent ideals have found traction in Bangladesh due to the Islamic State’s...
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Branding Hiroshima Beyond Obama
Nancy Snow, Huffington PostSnow (right) image from articleExcerpt:President Obama traveled ... to Hiroshima to make his memorable 17-minute speech that called for a world free of nuclear weapons....
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The Paris Peace Gambit: Everyone Gains except the Palestinians
Ramzy Baroud, Middle East Monitorimage (not from article) fromExcerpt:[T]he French peace initiative-turned-conference in Paris on June 3 is nothing but a charade, and they all know it, Palestinians...
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China using aid to get support for Pacific island claims: report
i24news.tvimage fromChina is stepping up efforts to convince small Pacific countries to support its claims in the South China Sea, the Sydney Morning Herald reported on Monday.China has recently become...
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Public Diplomacy (II)
Azyumardi Azra, en.republika.co.idAzra image from articleDiscussion of "round table" on "Soft Power” and Public Diplomacy in the Indo-Pacific: Emerging Models and Trends" (Griffith University in...
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Rohingya: A challenge for ASEAN society
Muhammad Pizaro, Jakarta Post Parni image fromExcerpt:The plight of the Rohingya people in Myanmar has attracted the world’s attention for years. In May 2015, the Rohingya refugee crisis grabbed...
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The British Council: Role Model for Public Diplomacy?
publicdiplomacycouncil.orgThe British Council: Role Model for Public Diplomacy?Council Member James Bullock poses a question for Paul Smith, Director of the British Council USA, who discussed the...
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U.S. Must Improve Image in Russia for Sake of Global Health
Tara Ornstein, uscpublicdiplomacy.orgimage from articleJun 2, 2016On May 26th, Gallup announced that the Russian people’s approval of U.S. leadership dropped to a record 1%, which is the worst rating...
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An important note from Hans N. "Tom" Tuch to members of the Public Diplomacy...
[Cited here with Mr. Tuch's kind ok. On the Public Diplomacy Council, see.]Colleagues,It was a sad day last week when I learned that Fletcher [see] had eliminated the teaching of public diplomacy from...
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Map-making: A Lesson for Public Diplomats?
Food for thought -- for those perhaps interested in comparing/contrasting public diplomacy in theory* to public diplomacy in practice**?image from[A]s the centuries wore on, the accretion of detail in...
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Consultation on People-to-People Exchange Plenary Session: Remarks by...
By Newsroom America Feeds at 7:11 am Eastern Consultation on People-to-People Exchange Plenary Session image from RemarksJohn KerrySecretary of StateNational MuseumBeijing, ChinaJune 7, 2016SECRETARY...
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